BIOGRAPHY:  J. F. WHITE, Madison County, GA

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"Memoirs of Georgia: Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil,
Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches
of Many of Its People" Vol. 1 & 2, Atlanta, Georgia:  The Southern 
Historical Association, 1895 

J. F. WHITE. The White family and its wide connections in Georgia 
descend from an old Virginia family that came to Georgia about the 
beginning of the present century. The great-grandfather of the present 
generation was Stephen H. White, who moved to Georgia with his parents 
when a boy. He was born in Virginia, was married to Lucy White and 
became a wealthy planter and large slave owner. His son, Isaiah M. White, 
married Sarah A. O'Kelley, and of this union was born J. F. White, whose 
memoir is here given. Isaiah White was a representative man of his time 
and a brave soldier in the Indian war of 1836 and the civil war. His wife 
was a daughter of James and Dicey (Stamfer) O'Kelley. Mr. O'Kelley was a 
native of Virginia, and moving to Georgia at an early day lived and died 
in Oglethorpe county. The great-grandfather on Mr. White's paternal 
grandmother's side was Page White, a native of Virginia and one of the 
prominent and wealthy planters of Georgia at the close of the last century. 
Mr. J. F. White was reared on the farm and received only a meager early 
education. He married Lucy, daughter of O. N. and Nancy (Smith) White, 
the father being a native of Georgia, a successful farmer and brave 
soldier in the late war . Mrs. White was born in Madison county, and a 
few years after marriage died, leaving three children: Lizzie, Nancy, and 
Stephen P. In 1892 Mr. White was married to Georgia Tucker, daughter of 
William A. and Mary (Johnston) Royston. The latter was a native of 
Franklin county, and was a successful farmer and merchant. They have one 
living child - Paul. Mrs. White was born in Franklin county, was a member 
of the Methodist church and a charitable woman. Mr. White's life has been 
spent on the farm, and his industry has been rewarded by the possession 
of a magnificent estate of 1,400 acres of land near Danielsville. He is a 
citizen respected by the community in which he lives and a man whose word 
is good as a bond.